Piercing Bolt
Loose a heavy bolt that punches through the front rank for big single-target damage.
Heroes · Shadow
Riven
Nothing the dark hides stays hidden from me.
In-game animation
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Base attributes
- HP
- 320
- ATK
- 26
- ATK/s
- 1.35
- MOVE
- 94
Base values before level scaling and combat bonuses. Actual battle attributes can differ.
About
A black-haired tracker with eyes the color of a coal that won't die, loosing heavy crossbow bolts and loosing the spectral hound that hunts at her side.
Riven came up on a blighted frontier where the wood itself had turned — game that walked on the wrong number of legs, things that watched back from the tree line. She learned to track what shouldn't leave tracks, to read the shadow instead of the spoor, and the wild marked her for it: black hair gone darker still, eyes lit a steady ember-red that catches the smallest movement. A hound died beside her on her last hunt and didn't quite leave; it pads at her heel now, half-shadow, baring teeth at what only the two of them can see. The summoning pulled her across mid-stalk, bow half-drawn — so she did the sensible thing and finished the draw.
Origin
- A blighted frontier where the wilds had begun to hunt back.
Game guide
Skills & abilities
Keen Eye
The first bolt into priority prey hits for up to 45% bonus damage (+9%/lvl).
Shadow Hound
Call the spectral hound to the field — it sprints ahead and savages the enemy backline.
Camouflage
Stillness between shots becomes speed when it counts.
Hunter's Mark
Brand the front pack with a tracker's sigil — marked prey takes heavy bonus damage from the WHOLE party until it fades.
Pack Bond
Hunter and hound fight as one — both hit harder.
Snareline
Hook the front ranks with wire and shadow, slowing their advance into the kill zone.
Heartseeker
Marked targets teach her where the next bolt should land.
Umbral Reload
The hound lunges first, giving Riven the heartbeat she needs to reload cleanly.
Rapid Volley
Empty the quiver in a fan of bolts, spraying the whole front of the pack.
Kill Trail
Each clean takedown reveals the next path through the fight and the field's better spoils.
Houndmaster's Call
Whistle the pack's alpha into the fight — a bigger, meaner hound that hunts beside the first.
Nightfall Ambush
Spring the trap after the enemy commits, bursting shadow bolts across the crowded line.
Ghost Fletching
Bolts pass through half-seen angles and strike with impossible weight.
Red-Eye Execution
Wait for the one exposed heartbeat, then end the highest-value target.
Long Hunt
Riven turns drawn-out farming routes into cleaner growth and steadier shots.
Eclipse Volley
A black-feathered storm that deletes the front pack before it can spread.
Deathless Companion
The hound's presence steadies the hunt and keeps Riven fighting through attrition.
Apex Predator
The capstone hunt: nothing on the field outranks her.
Frontier Legend
Every kill opens a 4s hunt window with up to +10% attack speed (+5%/level).
Fang Through Iron
Hit the selected foe for 4.5× ATK (+12% at rank 2). Cooldown 21s.
Scent of the Opening
The owner's first hit on each foe deals 10% more damage per rank (up to 20%). Later hits do not repeat it; each new foe has its own opening.
Last Fang
Deal 25% more damage to foes at 25% HP or less.
Packfire
Hit the front foe for 3.3× ATK (+12% at rank 2) and up to 3 nearby foes for 60% of that hit. Cooldown 20s.
Cornered Hunter
At 50% HP or less, deal 8% more damage per rank (up to 16%). The bonus ends above that threshold.
Follow the Pack
After the owner gets a kill, gain 14% attack speed for 6s. Further kills refresh the duration; the bonus does not stack.
Quarry in the Jaws
Mark the front foes to take 40% more damage for 7s (+8% duration at rank 2). Deals no damage itself. Cooldown 19s.
Hold the Trail
At 35% HP or less, take 8% less damage per rank (up to 16%). The reduction ends above that threshold.
Hound Stands Watch
Once per fight, survive a lethal hit at 1 HP and restore 12% max HP. Personal death saves share one trigger; the strongest learned recovery is used.